jack dempsey feeding

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dark stranger

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i need help on food for my adult jd his main food is krill. but i try to get him to eat hikari cichlid gold but he dosn't take it. and i'm wondering if i'm spoiling him with krill all the time. and do i need to mix different things into his diet like fruits and vegetables?:confused:
 
A varied diet with a high quality cichid pellet as the main portion would be best. You should let him go hungry for a few days and try the pellets again. If he doesn't eat, remove the uneaten food and try again after a couple more days. He won't starve himself to death. You could also try to add a couple drops of garlic extract onto the pellets. (Dont overdo it unless you want a smelly aquarium) Try New Life Spectrum pellets, they're best imo.
 
still wondering about fruits and vegetables?
will jds take fruits or vegetables?
 
No they don't...with the possible exception of Pacus, no fish eats fruit.
 
My Synspilum likes zuchinni. I cut a zuchinni in half long ways and microwave it in plastic wrap for about 45-60 seconds to blanch it. When I put it in my tank, my plecos have to fight the Syn over zuchinni rights. He hovers over it taking chunks out of it one bite at a time. lol
 
ive fed my JDs and all my fish frozen peas. most fish enjoy them, especially silver dollars.
 
Miguel;814544; said:
No they don't...with the possible exception of Pacus, no fish eats fruit.
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really my pleco would eat mango slice's.
or do you mean in the wild?
 
balton777;814517; said:
:confused: Idunno. I'm kind of doubting it but only one way find out.
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yah when I had my pleco he was in the tank with the jd when I fed the pleco mango the jd would go check it out munch on it a little while and then go back to his normal routines.

hey balton what kind of fish is your avatar is it a green teror?
 
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